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Historical Event on 10/20/1990

Andhra Pradesh Government announces a five-day week for all offices and educational institutions from November 01, 1990.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1996M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM.
5/9/1874First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.
4/11/1999Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai.
1/2/1967University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State.
2/26/1858Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam).
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
5/28/1970All India Trade Union Congress was divided.
1/23/1972Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party; 100 die in New Delhi.
9/17/1999India and the United States begin high level consultations to find ways on countering terrorism.
5/18/1966Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists.